Virginia Tech, Doug Shearer
New special teams coordinator Doug Shearer comes to Virginia Tech after a successful four-year run at his alma mater, UConn. (Jon Fleming)

Doug Shearer, Tech’s new special teams coordinator, might be a sleeper hire. His UConn special teams were critical in some big wins. They matched all the movement of a ranked Liberty squad. They contained Boston College’s Zay Flowers and then made this play on him: